Friday, December 14, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Madeline Update
I'm sorry it's been so long, but these little people are tiring. Madeline is 6 weeks old tomorrow and she's doing great. Each of the last three nights, she has only woken up once. This means she goes to sleep between 11 and 12:30am and doesn't wake up until 3:30 or 4:30am and then goes back to sleep for a few hours. My, how quickly the bar gets lowered. She wouldn't sleep in her basinet or playyard, so we finally got a co-sleeper (a little hard-sided bed that sits in our bed) and for whatever reason it works. Renee and I sleep on either side and though warned against it, we love the thing!
As you can see from all the pictures, Madeline continues to grow. She eats like a champ and really chows down between 9 and midnight, which seems to help her sleep. She also likes to scream. At her one month appointment, our pediatrician said she had never heard a 4-week old scream that loud. Though I wasn't there, it made me proud ... that her mother had passed on such a dominant gene. She is going to be one independent, strong woman!
Over the last month I've gone back to work, my mom has come for a visit, and we've had lots and lots of people stop by with food and gifts. It has been really cool that many of our friends and neighbors have made the effort to bring a meal or just stop by to meet Maddy. One of our neighbors, Jeannie, is coming by to take Madeline for a couple hours this evening so that Renee and I can go grab a bite to eat. She is one beloved little girl and we are so fortunate to be surrounded by these friends.
I've also uploaded to Flickr a bunch of black and white pictures taken of Madeline by a photographer was she just a week old. She's so beautiful. Enjoy!
As you can see from all the pictures, Madeline continues to grow. She eats like a champ and really chows down between 9 and midnight, which seems to help her sleep. She also likes to scream. At her one month appointment, our pediatrician said she had never heard a 4-week old scream that loud. Though I wasn't there, it made me proud ... that her mother had passed on such a dominant gene. She is going to be one independent, strong woman!
Over the last month I've gone back to work, my mom has come for a visit, and we've had lots and lots of people stop by with food and gifts. It has been really cool that many of our friends and neighbors have made the effort to bring a meal or just stop by to meet Maddy. One of our neighbors, Jeannie, is coming by to take Madeline for a couple hours this evening so that Renee and I can go grab a bite to eat. She is one beloved little girl and we are so fortunate to be surrounded by these friends.
I've also uploaded to Flickr a bunch of black and white pictures taken of Madeline by a photographer was she just a week old. She's so beautiful. Enjoy!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Monday, September 10, 2007
Happy new family
Renee went into serious labor at around 11am yesterday. Of course, I had already gone into work to get a few things done. She called and said, the contractions seem serious, but take your time. So I stopped for some sandwhiches and dropped the movies off at Blockbuster and got home to find my wife doing some significant work. The contractions were already 3 or 4 minutes apart and lasting 1 to 2 minutes. After a few minutes I called the doctor and she agreed we should come in. This was all well and good, but I still had two perfect uneaten sandwiches! So we got to the hospital a bit after Noon and when I asked Renee what to do with the sandwhiches, I got the look. They were quickly deposited in closest garbage and we walked up to Triage. They tell you to expect to be there about 4 hours. They had to rush to find us a delivery room after about one. Renee was doing great, but the contractions continued to escalate in both intensity and length. She was dilated 6 centimeters when we got to the hospital and was quickly at 8 by the time we got to the room. Our baby plan was to try to have the baby without drugs, but we were open to it if things got bogged down. Renee's speed pretty much precluded us from that option. The doctor hadn't arrived yet, but had been paged and was rushing to get there. The staff at Swedish hospital did a great job, but we're always about 15 minutes behind Renee's progress. They just couldn't believe this was our first. The last centimeter took a little while, but Madeline was born at 2:22pm. She weighed 6lbs 15.3oz's and was 19.5 centimeters long (Sorry Mom, they measured wrong the first time.) She is beautiful as you can see and practically perfect in every way. Though we barely have more than one day of data, it is clear she likes to eat ... at night, and sleep ... during the day. We'll see if we can get the scheduled flip flopped. She isn't fussy as long as she's held and has a good pair of lungs, like her mom. Though we could have stayed another night, we decided to come home this afternoon. Renee's Mom, Roberta, has come down from Vancouver to help and we really appreciate all she's doing. My mom will come up from California in a few weeks. Thanks for all your well wishes and more pics will follow. We love our precious little girl.
Thursday, September 6, 2007
Baby's room 1
Here are a couple pics of the Baby's room. We didn't paint, but the curtains, rug, blanket, etc. all have dragonflys on them. This is pretty cool and I'm just happy everything isn't pink. We have more stuff than I can imagine we will need, but everyone says we will use it all. Renee is already a couple centimeters dilated and has periodically had light contractions, but so far it's all been a tease. It's cooled off over the last couple days, but this weekend is supposed to get back into the high 70's. That's hot for Seattle and not appreciated by anyone almost 9 months pregnant.
Renee & Chester
Here's the latest of Renee. Though we're a couple weeks from the due date, we're hoping our little baby girl is eager to join us on the outside. Chester is ready too. One of our baby class teachers told us that Chester probably knew Renee was pregnant before we did, but that's he's expecting puppies.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Graduation Day!
This summer has been pretty exciting. Not only have we been getting ready for our baby girl, but Renee graduated from the University of Washington with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy in June. Her family came to the ceremony and my folks came up from California to celebrate the big day. It was a great time to recognize 4 years of hard work and dedication. God knows I couldn't do it. What I didn't realize was that there was one final step: State of Washington board exams. This caused a certain amount of stress; caused in no small part due to mixing a 5 hour exam with being 7 months pregnant. After studying non-stop for weeks, Renee took the exam on August 2nd and we found out she passed last week. I couldn't be more proud of her. Even Chester posed on the big day! ~Scott
Sunday, August 12, 2007
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